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Bourton-on-the-Water, model village
Bourton-on-the-Water, model village

Bourton-on-the-Water, model village

Bourton-on-the-Water is one of Britain’s honeypot villages.  Situated in the Cotswolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that straddles five counties (Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire), Bourton-on-the-Water’s main claim to fame is that it is a very pretty…

Some corner of a foreign field that is forever Turkey
Some corner of a foreign field that is forever Turkey

Some corner of a foreign field that is forever Turkey

The small south coast town of Gosport is an interesting, rather than a pretty, place.  Optimistic residents may believe it was once known as ‘God’s port’, though the Oxford Dictionary of Place Names’ more prosaic and likely explanation is that…